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Carrollton, Iowa Ghost Town

Unraveling the haunting story of Carrollton, Iowa reveals how a thriving county seat became a ghost town after one fateful decision.

From Idaho’s gold-rich Caribou Mountains, a once-thriving boomtown of 1,500 settlers now stands frozen in time, waiting to share its secrets.

Striking gold transformed this mountain town into a bustling hub before its dramatic fall into haunting ruins.

Discover the haunting remains of Cardiff, Illinois, where Welsh miners built their American dream before the coal ran dry.

Beyond the Arctic’s icy shores lies Cape York, where abandoned gold mines whisper tales of fortune and forgotten dreams.

Buried beneath modern Georgia lies Campbellton, a forgotten river town whose mysterious ruins tell tales of sudden abandonment.

Ghostly remnants of Camp Nelson, Kentucky’s largest Civil War supply depot, whisper untold stories of freed slaves and Union soldiers.

This underwater ghost town’s ruins tell the story of a frontier settlement swallowed by Kentucky Lake in the 1930s.

Deep in Idaho’s Clearwater Mountains lies Callender, a forgotten gold rush town with secrets waiting to be discovered.

Set in Putnam County, this lost prairie settlement’s rise and fall reveals forgotten stories of Illinois pioneer life.